No. Read the union email. It was ALL pilots, not pilots allowed to vote. The union has everyone's pay, and 280 are below 83 an hour average. They might be at 82 hours ot 77 hours, 1 pilot was at a 75 average. Your supposition about pilots per year being below 83 hours is incorrect. Do you have the pay numbers for the whole pilot group? The union does.

Why can't everyone get a raise? Everyone is getting a raise, and except for the super senior, its the same pay raise.

The retention bonuses are ending. The company is giving us those bonuses rolled into pay rates and more.

I get that for a variety of reasons about 10% of the group can't pick up enough times to get at 83 average, that will change as their seniority climbs, or it won't if they choose to drop or call in sick so often they can't be reinbursed their sick time.

100% of the pilot group will lose these bonuses. Some people here want us ALL to risk the bonuses ending and take giant cuts because they think it's funny to watch delta squirm or the company to fail. 90% of us do the same or better with rates vs retention, and 100% of us get a pay raise.

Maybe another pilot group will hold out for more or play chicken with Delta. This one, for the most part, want to end these bonuses early.